In 2023, Skoda Auto manufactured over 781,000 autos at its Czech crops, and its worldwide services contributed an extra 107,000 items. The corporate’s scope of manufacturing was not restricted to autos; it manufactured key elements, together with PHEV and MEB battery methods, axles, and engines, which additionally put in in different Volkswagen Group manufacturers’ autos. Moreover, Skoda Auto made strategic advances in its internationalisation technique in 2023: The model entered the Vietnamese market in September and started preparations in mid-October for resuming manufacturing in Kazakhstan.
Manufacturing within the Czech Republic
In 2023, Skoda Auto manufactured roughly 556,000 items of the Fabia, Scala, Octavia, Octavia iV, Kamiq, Enyaq and Enyaq Coupé sequence in Mladá Boleslav. This facility additionally produced 349,021 MQ100 and MQ200 guide transmissions, 1,736,815 axles and 469,935 EA211 engines, that are additionally put in in different Volkswagen Group manufacturers’ autos. Moreover, the positioning manufactured 165,606 battery methods for MEB autos and 147,625 battery methods for plug-in hybrid fashions. With a second meeting line commissioned in December 2023, the power’s capability is ready to extend by 50% to 1,500 items a day.
The Kvasiny plant additionally contributed considerably, producing a complete of 225,000 items of the Karoq, Kodiaq, Excellent, and Excellent iV fashions in 2023. Key highlights of the yr included the disclosing of the second-generation Kodiaq in October and the world premiere of the fourth-generation Excellent in November. The model’s ICE flagship will proceed to be obtainable in each hatchback and Combi property physique types.
In Vrchlabí, Skoda Auto’s manufacturing centered on DQ200 computerized direct-shift transmissions, with a complete of 686,066 items manufactured. These transmissions are integral not solely to Skoda’s fashions but additionally to autos throughout the Volkswagen Group.
Worldwide manufacturing services
On the Volkswagen facility in Bratislava, Skoda Auto’s manufacturing included over 36,000 items of the Karoq SUV and the preliminary items of the brand new Excellent era. The corporate was liable for the whole improvement of each the Skoda Excellent and Volkswagen Passat, that are manufactured on the identical manufacturing line in Bratislava. This initiative is a part of the Beta+ venture, aimed toward leveraging synergies within the manufacturing community and additional boosting effectivity. By transferring the manufacturing of the Excellent to Bratislava, the carmaker is creating capability for extra items of the Octavia on the Kvasiny plant from the summer time of 2024 onwards. Moreover, the transfer will enable extra battery-electric autos to be constructed on the Mladá Boleslav plant.
On the Ukrainian plant in Solomonovo, 2,580 Skoda automobiles had been assembled final yr from semi-knocked-down (SKD) kits imported from Czech manufacturing crops. The potential for rising manufacturing volumes on the Solomonovo facility is contingent on the evolving warfare state of affairs in Ukraine.
Throughout the 4 Chinese language factories in Changsha (Kodiaq and Kodiaq GT), Nanjing (Kamiq, Kamiq GT and Excellent), Ningbo (Octavia, Octavia Professional and Karoq) and Yizheng (Speedy), the Czech automobile producer constructed roughly 18,500 autos in 2023.
Internationalisation technique: getting into new markets and constructing synergies
Skoda Auto successfully superior its internationalisation technique all through 2023. The Pune manufacturing facility in India produced nearly 48,000 items of the regionally developed Kushaq and Slavia fashions. Moreover, the Aurangabad plant contributed roughly 4,400 items, encompassing the Excellent, Octavia, and Kodiaq fashions. In whole, Skoda Auto’s Indian services produced over 52,000 autos.
The corporate is actively in search of to succeed in extra clients in India whereas additionally increasing its worldwide market presence. According to this goal, Skoda Auto opened a brand new Components Expedition Centre in Pune in October 2023. This may function a logistics hub for completely-knocked-down (CKD) kits of the Kushaq and Slavia fashions manufactured in India, beginning this yr.
In December final yr, the Indian Components Expedition Centre achieved a major milestone by being the primary in India to obtain the Indian Inexperienced Constructing Council’s platinum certificates for inexperienced constructing. The certification underscores the power’s adherence to inexperienced constructing rules, specializing in water conservation, vitality effectivity, pure useful resource preservation, waste discount, and creating more healthy areas for employees. These efforts align with Skoda Auto’s company technique for a sustainable future.
From Pune, the CKD kits are set to be exported to Vietnam, reflecting Skoda Auto’s enlargement into that market in September 2023. Vietnam is a part of the ASEAN area the place Skoda Auto strategically leads the Model Group Core and goals to maximise development for the Volkswagen Group.
Skoda Auto’s re-entry into Kazakhstan in October 2023 marks one other vital step in its internationalisation efforts, contributing to the corporate’s objective of increasing its international presence.
